Venkatesh Iyer produced an excellent efficiency to attain his maiden century within the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 in the course of the encounter between Kolkata Knight Riders and Mumbai Indians on Sunday. The left-hander got here into bat fairly early after the dismissal of N Jagadeesan and he regarded fairly comfy in opposition to the MI bowling assault. The innings was adorned with 6 boundaries and 9 sixes with most of his runs coming from stunning cricketing photographs. He stitched collectively respectable partnerships with Shardul Thakur and Rinku Singh earlier than finally getting dismissed by Riley Meredith.

This was the second century for KKR within the historical past of the IPL since Brendon McCullum slammed 158 within the very first match of the event in opposition to Royal Challengers Bangalore. While there have been some 90-plus scores, this was the primary time since 2008 {that a} KKR batter scored a ton within the competitors.

Mumbai Indians stand-in Skipper Suryakumar Yadav received the toss and opted to discipline first.

In the absence of MI captain Rohit Sharma, who determined to sit down out the match with a abdomen bug, Suryakumar Yadav will lead the aspect on to the sector. While Arjun Tendulkar may also makes his IPL debut for MI. KKR made no adjustments to their enjoying eleven.

Mumbai Indians would have been boosted with their win of their final fixture in opposition to Delhi Capitals. In distinction, Kolkata Knight Riders are coming into this match after shedding to Sunrisers Hyderabad by 23 runs.

Suryakumar mentioned on the toss, “Will love to bowl first, the wicket looks dry. The ball comes onto the bat nicely later. Rohit is out, he has a stomach bug. Time to put up a good show. We are going with one change, Duan Jansen comes in, rest all is same.”

Kolkata Knight Riders Skipper Nitish Rana mentioned after the coin didn’t flip in his favour, “We were going to bat first anyways. The mood in the dressing room is good, need to improve our bowling. We believe we can chase 200-210. The ball might turn in the second innings I think. One player can’t win you a tournament, it’s a team sport. It’s good for us, that everyone is scoring runs. We’ll target to score around 180 on this wicket, we are playing with the same team.”

(With ANI inputs)